Rain and wind will later batter the south-west and parts of Wales (Picture: Myles Goode/ metro.co.uk)

A yellow weather warning has been issued from parts of West Sussex to parts of Yorkshire and Humberside and all of East of England.

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More than 30mm of rain is expected to fall in torrential downpours in one hour, particularly across East Yorkshire, South Yorkshire and parts of Lincolnshire.

The storms will move across parts of Scotland overnight and into Saturday morning, bringing heavy showers.

Central, Tayside and Fife, Grampian and Highlands and Eilean Siar are set to be the worst affected areas.

‘Some flooding of a few homes and businesses likely, leading to some damage to buildings or structures,’ the Met Office said.

‘[There will be] probably some damage to a few buildings and structures from lightning strikes,’

The thunderstorms will be very widespread, forecasters say (Picture: Met Office)

Motorways and streets may be left submerged in water after storms batter Britain on the weekend (Picture: SWNS.com)

Gusts of up to 50mph are set to batter south west England and south Wales on Sunday. Both areas have been issued with yellow weather warnings for rain and wind from 3am to 3pm.

‘Rain will be most persistent over hills with rainfall totals of 30-40 mm likely to build up and south facing slopes in parts of the Brecon Beacons and Dartmoor could see as much as 60-80 mm of rain,’ the Met Office said.

‘The weather conditions on Sunday will come in stark contrast to what has been typical recently.’